The second of the biannual meetings between the Diamond Trading Company and Israel's ministry of industry and trade took place in London on the November 23, 2000. DTC President Anthony Oppenheimer and Dr Reuven Horesh, the ministry director general, respectively led the two delegations.
The Israeli team reviewed the current performance of the industry diamond industry, noting that current export figures for polished diamonds indicate a rise of 23 percent on 1999, with total end-of-year exports of polished diamonds expected to reach between $5.2 - $5.3 billion. The larg